bloedvergieten
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of bloed + vergieten. Attested as early as the seventeenth century, used in the Statenvertaling (Apo. Esther 16, arguably Proverbs 6).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblut.fərˌɣi.tə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bloed‧ver‧gie‧ten
Noun
bloedvergieten n (uncountable)
- bloodshed (violent loss of life) [from 17th c.]
- Synonym: bloedvergieting
- 2016 March 30, "Vliegtuigkaper: Heb mijn kinderen 24 jaar niet gezien", BN De Stem.
- De kaping werd uiteindelijk zonder bloedvergieten afgehandeld.
- (obsolete) bloodletting (removal of blood from the veins) [18th - 19th c.]
- Synonyms: aderlaten, aderlating
Derived terms
- bloedvergieter
- bloedvergieting
Descendants
- → West Frisian: bloedferjitten (calque)
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